Zhanar Dugalova won this year’s Türkovizyon with her song Izin korem. The Central Asian voice ranked third in the semi-final that took place on 19th November. Despite of her awesome results , she improved her performance, ranking to the leading position in the final with 225 points. The winner entry was performed in Kazakh.
Türkovizyon is a song contest that promotes the Turkic culture. Languages, traditional instruments and talented voices representing millions of people are mixed in this contest that celebrated its second edition in TatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia. The hosts of this edition were Artem Shalimov, Narmin Agaeva and Ranil Nuriov. The Azerbaijani voice of Eldar Gasimov, one of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winners performed Anladim, Türkovizyon’s interval act’s song. The territories that joined this year’s edition for the first time were Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Iran, Moscow Oblast and Turkmenistan. Sadly, Altai Republic, Belarus, Kemerovo, Kosovo and Northern Cyprus were absent.
The Results of the final are as follows:
1) Kazakhstan with Zhanar Dugalova performing Izin körem scoring 225 points
2) Tatarstan with Aydar Suleymanov performing Atlar Çaba scoring 201 points
3) Bashkortostan with Zaman performing Kubair scoring 199 points
4) Kyrgyzstan with Non-Stop performing Seze bil scoring 196 points
5) Turkmenistan with Züleyha Kakayeva performing Shikga-Shikga bilerzik scoring 192 points
6) Crimea with Darina Siniçkina performing Gider isen scoring 186 points
7) Uzbekistan with Aziza Nizamova performing Dunyo boʻlsin omon scoring 183 points
7) Yakutia with Vladlena Ivanova Sakhaya performing Kyn scoring 183 points
9) Azerbaijan with Elvin Ordubadli performing Divlerin Yalqizliği scoring 177 points
10) Bosnia and Herzegovina with Mensur Salkić performing Šutim Susuyorum scoring 176 points
11) Bulgaria with İsmail Matev performing Yollara, taşlara scoring 172 points
12) Moscow Oblast with Kazan World performing Sine kotem scoring 170 points
13) Iran with Barish Grubu performing Heydar baba scoring 167 points
14) FYR Macedonia with Kaan Mazhar performing Yolumu Bulurum scoring 166 points
15) Turkey with Funda Kiliç performing Hoppa scoring 128 points
Source: Escportugal.pt